Desplazado

Carlos Emilios brother was killed by guerrillas. Colombian coca farmers who gathered in the city Tarazá to protest against the government destroying their plantations are accused by the government for cooperation with the guerrillas. But in fact the farmer are the victims. Photo: Casper Hedberg / Kontinent
Carlos Emilios brother was killed by guerrillas. Colombian coca farmers who gathered in the city Tarazá to protest against the government destroying their plantations are accused by the government for cooperation with the guerrillas. But in fact the farmer are the victims. Photo: Casper Hedberg / Kontinent

 

By Casper Hedberg – In Colombia there are around four million internally displaced persons. Whether they are fleeing the paramilitaries or the guerrillas, they often ends up in the slums outsides Colombia’s largest cities. Last year more than 300 000 Colombians left their homes.